What SAP consultants actually cost in 2026, and why the quotes don’t match – By Erin

What SAP consultants actually cost in 2026, and why the quotes don't match Almost every week someone asks me a version of the same question: what should we be paying…

The Custom Code Audit Most Teams Skip – By Erin

The Custom Code Audit Most Teams Skip The migration teams that get burned by technical debt almost never get burned by the big, obvious custom objects. They get burned by…

The Real Reason Most S/4HANA Budgets Are Already Wrong – By Erin

The Real Reason Most S/4HANA Budgets Are Already Wrong Most S/4HANA budgets are wrong before the project even kicks off. Not because someone did the math badly, but because the…

The Roles You Can’t Replace Mid-Program – By Erin

The Roles You Can't Replace Mid-Program Most SAP staffing plans are built as headcount. So many consultants, so many months, mapped against workstreams. That is the format the budget wants,…

The 2027 Budget Is the Last One That Can Still Move Your ECC Date – By Erin

The 2027 Budget Is the Last One That Can Still Move Your ECC Date Budget season is quieter than go-live season. It is also where most ECC timelines are genuinely…

What Actually Happens in the Ten Weeks After an S/4HANA Go-Live – By Erin

What Actually Happens in the Ten Weeks After an S/4HANA Go-Live Cutover weekend gets all the preparation. The runbook, the war room, the hourly checkpoints, the rehearsal cycles. Then Monday…

Go-Live Is Not the Finish Line. It Is Where the Staffing Plan Breaks. – By Erin

Go-Live Is Not the Finish Line. It Is Where the Staffing Plan Breaks. Every S/4HANA business case has the same shape. Cost and headcount climb through design and build, peak…

The 2027 Budget Is the Last One That Can Fund an ECC Exit – By Erin

The Deadline That Actually Bites Is Your 2027 Budget, Not December 2027 Every ECC roadmap has December 31, 2027 on it. Almost none have this autumn on it, and this…

What to protect when the timeline gets pulled in – By Erin

Compressed Programs Do Not Cut Scope. They Defer It. Almost every S/4HANA program running toward a 2027 target is now being planned compressed. That is not a failure of planning.…

The S/4HANA decision in front of you right now is not the deadline – By Erin

The S/4HANA Decision in Front of You Right Now Is Not the Deadline Mainstream maintenance for SAP ECC ends on 31 December 2027. That date has been sitting in roadmap…